Easily the most interesting textbook from my collection, "Pleasant English" is a textbook for German schools from 1939, published before war was declared between Britain and Germany. It traces the learning curve of a German family who have recently moved to England, but adds a sprinkling of nationalist, political comments to avoid "an unworthy idolisation of all that is English" (my translation).
Read all about it here.
Why I, as a historian, really appreciate content warnings
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I posted this on Facebook earlier and as it's an argument that seems to
crop up every few days at the moment I thought I'd add it here. Two
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